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Tibetan Buddhist historiography : the mirror illuminating the royal genealogies
This piece is an annotated translation of the 14th century Tibetan chronicle : rGyal-rabs gsal-ba'i me-long. (Mark Premo-Hopkins 2004-09-15)
Nepal / Himalaya-related films
This website contains a list of videos, films, and DVDs available in Uris Media Center or Kroch Asia Libraries at Cornell University. Each entry includes a summary of the film and thus is a valuable r...
རྣལ་འབྱོར་རྒྱུད་ཀྱི་རྒྱ་མཚོར་འཇུག་པའི་གྲུ་གཟིངས། (rnal 'byor rgyud kyi rgya mtshor 'jug pa'i gru gzings/)
This fourteenth-century text by Butön Rinchendrup, one of Tibet's greatest scholars, is a detailed introduction to the system of tantra known as Yoga Tantra. It includes a presentation and discussion...
Kailash: A Journal of Himalayan Studies
An independent, interdisciplinary journal of Himalayan studies. The editorial board was formed in the summer of 1972 with the aim of giving the younger generation of scholars a chance to have their ma...
Casting of Devotional Images in the Himalayas: History, Tradition and Modern Techniques
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Statuary Metals in Tibet and the Himalayas: History, Tradition and Modern Use
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Places of Pilgrimage in Thag (Thakkhola)
This article presents several Tibetan texts, along with English translations, concerning the area of Thag (in present day Mustang District) in Northern Nepal. Snellgrove's introduction briefly conside...
Mountain Research and Development
Mountain Research and Development (MRD) is the leading interdisciplinary journal specifically devoted to the world's mountain regions. It is a major platform of communication on mountains, emphasizing...
Is there an Inner Asian International style 12th to 14th centuries? Definition of the Problem and Present State of Research
This paper identifies several problems with the use of the term "Pāla International Style" and similar classifications of Tibetan art from the 12th to 14th centuries. Other attempts to classify the a...
A Tibetan Antiquarian in the XVIIIth Century
This article looks at the figure of Katok Rikdzin Tsewang Norbu (kaḥ thog rig ’dzin tshe dbang nor bu, 1698-1755) who in his writings displayed a concern for primary source material such as old Ti...
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